14 Facts About MobileMe

However, with the release of the iPhone 3G in 2008, the renamed service, MobileMe, began providing Internet services for OS X, iOS, and Windows.

MobileMe allowed users to track the location of their iOS devices via the web portal at me.

MobileMe maintained a synchronized address book and calendar feature using Push functions.

MobileMe provided the user with an email address that is used only for uploading photos and videos.

MobileMe featured iDisk, an online storage repository accessible via a web browser at me.

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MobileMe used Ajax and Dynamic HTML to simulate the look and feel of desktop applications within the user's web browser.

MobileMe was accessible from Linux using Firefox 3 despite a warning that would be presented to the user upon entry.

MobileMe was taken offline a short time later, leaving customers redirected to the MobileMe information page, where there was no option to log in.

The free trial of MobileMe inadvertently charged some Australian and European customers' credit cards, leading Apple to issue refunds and extend the free trial to four months.

In May 2011, Fortune magazine reported that during the summer of 2008, after MobileMe had launched to mostly negative reviews, Apple's CEO Steve Jobs summoned the MobileMe team to a meeting in the Town Hall auditorium at 4 Infinite Loop.

MobileMe wrote that “it was a mistake to launch MobileMe at the same time as iPhone 3G, iPhone 2.

On October 12,2011, alongside the release of iOS 5 and iPhone 4S, iCloud was released to new users, with current MobileMe subscribers being able to move over to iCloud either immediately or anytime before June 30,2012 when MobileMe would be permanently discontinued.

The complete shut-down of MobileMe occurred on July 31,2012, with a "MobileMe is closed" banner showing on the homepage, and a redirect link to iCloud.

MobileMe was later removed from the System Preferences in OS X on release of OS X Mountain Lion on July 25,2012.